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Hybrid Cloud: you know you can set it up, but how much is right for you?

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Rick

When I talk with Customers about Microsoft Azure, I can usually gauge pretty quickly if they are ready to dive or not quite ready yet. Lets face it, if you are a die hard IT Pro who has been working On-Premises for the bulk of your career, starting to use “The Cloud” can be a little unnerving. That’s one of…

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Hyper-v Extensible Switch in Windows Server 2012 R2

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Rick

http://video.ch9.ms/ch9/6a41/9456d129-867c-4e06-830b-51c0d41f6a41/BobCombsHyperVSwitchWS2012R2_mid.mp4 A while back, when Windows Server 2012 was codenamed “Windows Server 8”, I sat down and talked with Bob Combs, a Sr. Program Manager on the Windows Core Networking Team about the newly released “Hyper-V Extensible Switch”.  Well, now that Windows Server 2012 R2 has been released and planning has already begun for whatever…

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How To: Change NIC binding order in Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Rick

An unexpected slowdown issue had me baffled a not too long ago with timeouts to online services, web surfing, network access – generally everything had delays in starting / connecting. For the life of me, I couldn’t figure out why. Then it struck me. I was using Windows 8 Hyper-V feature for some screencasts here…

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Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V guest IOps and network portability demos

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Rick

I have the good fortune of working with some great folks here at Microsoft HQ – some of which I have been following for quite some time. Last week at TechEd NorthAmerica Jeff Woolsey was on the main keynote stage demonstrating a whirlwind of functionalities and achievements of the next generation of Hyper-V in Windows…

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Windows PC SCAM help via Microsoft Canada

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Rick

Even though I moved to the “Mother Ship” here in Redmond back in January – I still get emails, texts, Tweets and Facebook Updates about someone who has had a relative / friend who has unfortunately been scammed by some FRICKIN’ A** Holes social engineering their way into their PC. The “technicians from Microsoft” are…

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HowTo: Optimizing your Home Wireless Network

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Rick

So now that we have Joey figured out in the last article – I got pinged by @kjb_Photography on twitter yesterday – asking about extending coverage in his home wireless networking environment. I could take the consultant answer easy out and reply “it depends” but hey – this is a learning environment, let me share…

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How to re-broadcast a public WiFi network

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Rick

I was catching up with Joey the @AccordionGuy earlier today – chatting over coffee. He used to work on the same team as me at Microsoft before heading out on his next adventure. His current gig has him living in a luxury furnished bachelor pad here in Ottawa with all the amenities – including Big…

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